How to Install and Uninstall dumb-init Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the dumb-init on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "dumb-init" package

This is a short guide on how to install dumb-init on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dumb-init" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall dumb-init on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dumb-init
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dumb-init package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: dumb-init
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.5-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: ChangZhuo Chen (陳昌倬)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dumb-init/dumb-init_1.2.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 14106
MD5sum: bf31eae18e39b16088ef01e6fe3ed950
SHA1: 24b101415036908d604a514e9c30fa87e0e39129
SHA256: 5c0b180a90893c7c8fd953e4a3b1d0c407e4ae1e6c0cea4f2e44dd6d51a1e0b3
SHA512: 7508492f74353a0317370e3162786701e4818c7a1bb1a267f84d5d2f3604b2ffe34edb3173275d9eecda8c208fddaaf57fb2b4348bc2576e93cab2f8001ff0f9
Homepage: https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init/
Description: wrapper script which proxies signals to a child
Description-md5: d6ce0e9df3158136b248ddf33a0d6468